Gardner R. Withrow

Gardner Robert Withrow ( born October 5, 1892 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, † September 23, 1964 ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1939, and again from 1949 to 1961, he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Gardner Withrow attended the common schools and then worked 1912-1931 as a fireman and conductor for the railroad. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1926 and 1927 he sat as an MP in the Wisconsin State Assembly. From 1928 to 1931 he was State Representative for the railway system. In the congressional elections of 1930 he was in the third electoral district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John M. Nelson on March 4, 1931. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3rd, 1939 four legislative sessions. Since 1935 he represented there, the short-lived Wisconsin Progressive Party. During his time in the House, many of the New Deal laws were passed there. In 1933, joined the 20th and the 21st Amendment to the Constitution in force.

In the years 1938, 1940 and 1942, Withrow applied unsuccessfully to the whereabouts or his return to the Congress. In the meantime, he held his old position as State Representative for the railway system. Politically, he returned to the Republican Party as their candidate, he was re-elected in 1948 in the third district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he took over from the January 3, 1949 William H. Stevenson. After five elections he could spend in Congress until January 3, 1961 six other legislative periods. In this time were, among others, the Korean War and the beginning of the civil rights movement.

In 1960, Gardner Withrow gave up another candidacy. After the expiration of his last term he withdrew into retirement. He died on 23 September 1964 in his birthplace of La Crosse.